Last Two Days in Paris

During our last two days in Paris, many of us visited several museums, especially the Louvre, the Musee d'Orsay, a train station transformed into a wonderful space to exhibit everything from sculptures to furniture and the most famous impressionist paintings, tomb of Napoleon and the adjoining museums concerning the liberation of Paris and the deportation of Jews and resistance fighters. Some of us also visited a more unusual exhibit--the sewers of Paris! Because the FIAP, our youth hostel was already fully booked for the last two days we had to move to the Hotel Opera Cadet, a very nice three-star establishment located in the Rue Cadet, about 3 metro stops from the Opera on the right bank of Paris. To conclude our stay in Paris, we enjoyed a group dinner at a favorite restaurant of previous Luther groups, Cafe Caramel on Rue St. Jacques, where two Luther alumni, Bill Vollman and Nicole Matusinec, both living in Paris for many years, joined us. Tomorrow, at 9 am, we board a bus for the airport Charles De Gaulle and our flight home. It has been a great experience--a bientot!!!
The photos show a church in Lyon, students on a bench in Taize, Dinner at the Cafe Caramel, a Louvre museum courtyard, the red marble tomb of Napoleon, a street in Paris, the Seine river with tourist boat, the old opera building in Paris. Other photos will be posted soon, for example of our visit to the Bread Observer, a magazine that monitors bread consumption in France. Thanks to Bill and Stephanie for a great presentation! Many pictures will follow, once we get back and have time to organize them!